Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Essay

Of Monsters and Menschen: A Typology of Jewish Monsters

Joela Jacobs

July 15, 2019

Cover of The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago's Jewish Gangsters

The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago’s Jewish Gangsters

Cover of Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight

Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight

Lyn Julius, Tom Gross (Fwd.)

Essay

Part II: The Legacy Continues

Nadine Epstein

July 1, 2019

Cover of America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today

America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today

Pamela S. Nadell

Cover of A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969

Interview

Queer Identity in Jewish History: An Interview with Noam Sienna

An interview about an anthology exploring marginalized voices in Jewish history

Sacha Lamb

June 11, 2019

Cover of The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy

The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy

Simon Levis Sullam; Oona Smyth and Claudia Patane, trans.

Cover of The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

Cover of The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring

The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring

Gregory Joseph Wallance

Cover of Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933

Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933

Simone Ladwig-Winters Edited by Bill Choyke

Cover of Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

Matti Friedman Winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award

Cover of When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

Paula Fredriksen

Cover of On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore

On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore

Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner

Cover of The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis

The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis

Richard Schwartz

Essay

In World War II-Era North Carolina, A Haven for German Jewish Artists and Academics

Charles Darwent

November 6, 2018